The 132nd auction is now live!

We are live a day earlier this month as the office is closed tomorrow in recognition of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

This month Scotch Whisky Auctions will be donating more than 50 bottles, with 100% of the hammer price and commission being donated to the DEC to support their ongoing relief efforts in Ukraine.  By clicking the ‘Charity’ tag you can navigate to all the Ukraine charity bottles once the auction goes live, but here are a few of the highlights.

Glenlivet 80 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Generations with Sample Set

Before we get into the charity bottles here is an exceptionally rare whisky which was actually distilled before Queen Elizabeth II had even sat on the throne, the peerless Glenlivet 80 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Generations.  The oldest whisky ever bottled until the Macallan Reach was announced earlier this year, this expression is a frankly astonishing release from Gordon & MacPhail and will be sure to take pride of place in one lucky collection at auction end.

Macallan Classic Cut 2017 Release

A fantastic bottle from one of Speyside’s heavy hitters, The Macallan.  The Classic Cut series, besides being incredibly tasty, has gone from strength to strength in the secondary market.  This 2017 has been achieving record prices recently and shows no signs of stopping.

Lagavulin 22 Year Old Jazz Festival 2020

The Islay Jazz Festival has given us some terrific Lagavulin bottles over the years, and none more so than this 22 Year Old for the 2020 iteration.  This is another release whose value has been steadily increasing lately at auction, and would be a welcome addition to any collection.

Daftmill 2007 Single Cask #43 for Abbey Whisky

One of the new kids on the block Daftmill is actually a working farm and has only been making whisky since 2005, so this 2007 hails from the early days of the distillery.  Bottled in 2020 for online whisky shop Abbey Whisky this is an ex-Heaven Hill bourbon single cask of undoubted quality.

By donating these bottles we are trying to make a genuine and positive contribution using the best means available to us, with the only intention being to raise the largest amount of money that we can for a worthy cause.

We sincerely hope that these bottles will achieve the highest prices possible, and in some small way we can all help to ameliorate the suffering of the Ukrainian people.